diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23b7fa0a..115881bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint 'src/**/*.ts' 'test/**/*.ts'",
     "test": "jest -c jest.config.js --coverage",
     "validate": "tsc --noEmit",
-    "build": "tsc",
+    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "bundle": "rollup -c"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/tsconfig.build.json b/tsconfig.build.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e3a028b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "exclude": [
+    "test/**/*.ts"
+  ]
+}